Goodyear voters have approved all 10 measures updating the city’s charter.
Official results from the city’s March 9 special election show all 10 measures were approved by healthy margins. The election was conducted by mail-in ballot, with 57,326 ballots sent out and 9,720 ballots returned, according to a release.
In addition to multiple administrative and grammatical changes, amendments included establishing a committee to review and recommend compensation for the City Council, adopting an appointment process in the event of a vacancy on the council and removing an automatic transition from council members being elected at-large to electoral districts when the city reaches a population of 150,000.
You must be a member to read this story.
Join our family of readers starting at $5 for your first month and support local, unbiased journalism.
Click here to see your options for becoming a subscriber.
Register to comment
Click here create a free account for posting comments.
Note that free accounts do not include access to premium content on this site.
I am anchor
SPECIAL ELECTION
Goodyear voters approve city charter updates
Posted
Goodyear voters have approved all 10 measures updating the city’s charter.
Official results from the city’s March 9 special election show all 10 measures were approved by healthy margins. The election was conducted by mail-in ballot, with 57,326 ballots sent out and 9,720 ballots returned, according to a release.
In addition to multiple administrative and grammatical changes, amendments included establishing a committee to review and recommend compensation for the City Council, adopting an appointment process in the event of a vacancy on the council and removing an automatic transition from council members being elected at-large to electoral districts when the city reaches a population of 150,000.
City charters provided basic governing principles for the city. Amendments on the ballot were recommended by the city’s Citizen Charter Review Ad-Hoc Committee and referred to voters by the City Council.
A breakdown of each vote is as follows:
Proposition 451: Article II The Council
Yes 61.64%
No 37.03%
Proposition 452: Article III The City Manager
Yes 71.24%
No 27.13%
Proposition 453: Article IV Administrative Departments and Offices
Yes 70.51%
No 26.97%
Proposition 454: Article VI Finance and Taxation
Yes 74.64%
No 23.65%
Proposition 455: Article VII Ordinances and Resolutions
Yes 71.15%
No 27.16%
Proposition 456: Article VIII Contracts
Yes 63.93%
No 32.94%
Proposition 457: Article IX Elections
Yes 59.23%
No 37.07%
Proposition 458: Article XI Municipal Court
Yes 69.56%
No 26.20%
Proposition 459: Article XIII General Provisions
Yes 76.63%
No 20.03%
Proposition 460: Article I Incorporation, Form of Government, Powers of City, Boundaries and Article XV Succession in Government
Yes 76.19%
No 20.74%
For a full list of the propositions with descriptions, click here.
Comments
No comments on this item Please log in to comment by clicking here